It was only a matter of time before more developments were made in the PS3 scene. Now, the 4.31 isoldr & lv2ldr keys have been released.

The PS3 scene has been moving constantly forward. The progress has been substantially good news for users while not so much good news on Sony’s end.

Now to add insult to injury an Anonymous source has recently released the isoldr and lv2ldr keys for 4.31 firmware. The keys have been confirmed to be legit and working too; which you can see below. Sony has not made any type of response to any of the recent hacking which means they’ve been defeated on the PS3 hacking front per say. Sony has however been moving forward on sending out PS4 dev kits which isn’t too surprising considering how the PS3 hacking is irreversible and unpatchable. We might see the PS4 arrive even earlier.

The release is incredible news for developers to keep pushing forward and make better, more stable, CFWs. However, a new development means big things for the end user. Developers from EOL have found a way to install 4.30 CFW on just about any PS3 that has had a base firmware of 3.56 previously with a flasher, no downgrading required. You can read the full English release of this method bellow:

Note*: If you attempt please be careful as there is always a risk of bricking in which you are responsible if you do!

“The ones who have as least version 3.56 on their PS3 are in luck this week. With the collaboration of Varicela and Luckymas we achieved install CFW 4.30 E3 in this type of consoles.

With this method we can install CFW (for now only 4.30) without doing a downgrade process from any OFW superior or inferior to 3.55 but not superior to 4.30. ( PS3 with a 4.31 ofw, for now its not possible and you could possibly brick if you do try)

WARNING: This method is VALID only for consoles with minimum OFW 3.56 with no metldr2.

To do this we will need this patches Patchv1 Three Musketeers:Download here

We don’t need a dongle but we need a FLASHER to get our dump, there are many tutorials on EOL as well on other sites on how to do it with progskeet, E3 or teensy.

Once patched will be write it with a flasher, start the PS3. Recovery will kick in and we will copy to a pendrive CFW 4.30 E3 with PS3/UPDATE folder structure. (If you were on 4.30 OFW the console will start normally, in this case we have to enter in recovery and update to CFW 4.30 E3 from there).

THIS WAS TESTED IN MANY 3.56 PS3′S. ( WE SUPPUOSE THAT A PS3 WITH OFW MINIMUM 3.60 NO METLDR2 WORKS BUT THIS WAS NOT TESTED). WE DON’T HELD RESPONSABLE FOR BAD USE OR IF YOU BRICK DOING THIS.

Data that will be useful to you:

– ON PS3 WITH 3.56 OFW MINIMUM YOU CAN’T DOWNGRADE NEVER FROM 4.30 BUT YOU CAN DO IT WITH OTHER FUTURE PATCHES TO ANOTHER CFW OR JUST INSTALL OFW IF YOU GET TIRED.

– THIS PATCHES ONLY WORKS TO INSTALL CFW 4.30 E3 (If you need with multiman i can translate that) OTHER CFW’S STILL BEING 4.30 WILL INDICATE THAT THE DATA IS CORRUPTED WHEN WE TRY TO INSTALL FROM RECOVERY.

So if the scene continues in this direction, you can expect it to become easier and more accessible to install CFW for everyone at some point. Again, stay tuned for more updates! What do you want to see in the PS3 scene? Do you think the PS4 is the right direction for Sony? Are you ready for the PS4? Let me know in the comments!

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Totally agree.. the hardware solution and open the PS3 is just a waste of time and risk to break something. The real solution would be an emulation of the BD-DRIVE like it is for the XBOX.. anyway at speed Microsoft is selling hardware because it’s easy to hack.. why they will release an XBOX 3 (720) anytime soon.. they are making money out of it.. PS3 never sell as much because it’s hard to hack.. look at the VITA , it’s the first time I am seeing the used price increasing and memory card selling like that… and if people think Wii was kill by the hackers I got some news for you : lack of HD and poor resolution to play games. Idea was good, but they really missed the both with crappy RCA cables.. the Dolphin emulate the wii games better.. so Nintendo has a reason to release the Wii U. The PS3 will never be a big hit compared to the XBOX360 because on how hard it is to hack the machine. People who hack the consoles are Under 18 and they got no money. I mean they poor guys had no experience in hacking hardware… I pay my games because I have the money to do it, and why I am installing emulators it’s because I want my old games on one single machine and not have 10 Consoles from my ATARI to by PS3 hooked up to my TV. Lots of people are like me. I am old school and like 2D games and will die with Mortal Kombat 2 or Killer Instinct.. no way I will ever stop playing these games. Sony : write this in your book : leave exploit easy for homebrew to run.. it increase the sells of your console! Signed : a big gamer and buyer!

Devs have been working on a ways to unlock your ps3 on OFW higher then 3.55 since geohotz jailbreak. First things first we need to find a way to resign the public keys to privet keys, which is ALMOST impossible, but not.

Well’ i went and purchased my flasher, but i think its stuck in NYC customs.. which saddens me. because i really wanna downgrade my slim, (i got the :LE:) so i don’t need to solder.. once i have it, ima record my process, for people to see how easy it is. it costed about 100$ plus i did 20$ extra for faster shiping. Imo its worth it. i own a Phat that i’d like to mod, but ima leave it legit.

this project is because i want true remote play of my slim, wireless psvita network, bouncing off my 4g on my wireless plan ULT, or WiMax. To play my ps3 games, its a proof of concept to understand why son’y want release it. \ Goodluck to all trying to flash and get into the scene, in my opinion its worth it to jump on while its hot /

I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on the PS3 scene, but until it’s possible without a flasher I doubt I’ll be doing it. Besides, my main reason would be the convenience of (presumably) putting all my PS3 games on the HDD.

Why do people keep saying that the PS3 is dead, PSN is full of games now (imo no actual decent games that I am willing to dish the money out to try) but still, the PS3 is actually just getting started.

Also, love the idea of this, but gonna wait a little longer, for a simple and safe way like the PS2, that MCBoot thing.

Do actually hope it comes to a simple method, although a few years ago, I wouldn’t have thought you could CFW a PS3 through a flash drive and that has been done. Always on this site looking out for the next best thing.

its not going to kill ps3 at all people have been hacking systems for a long time heck the game genie was pretty much hacking games and putting in codes and heck look at the ds still runnin strong and its got hacks and cfw’s and one more thing most people that want cfw arnt just lookin for free games they are lookin to get homebrews and to be able to use there ps3 as they see fit to its full extent and ive said it once and ill a thousand times more i want a cfw so i can do remote play with my damn friggin vita sony told me i could and they lyed so ..l., them and ..l., you

EXACTLY!!!! and *** sony probably isnt throwing any fits right now probably because they will be releasing a ps4 or what ever here soon do wish sony would be like microft in this matter and just kind of i dont know *** off

lol here in canada i couldnt live without my heated seats!:P but I totally agree, sony put more hard work on releasing usless patches instead of giving us good thing on ps3 and mostly vita. they’re killing them self and the hacker will only bring good things to ps3. as i could read many times, a lot of people here have 2 ps3, 1 hacked and 1 legit wich mean sony didnt lose anything on this!

Ive been working alot, but i already have what I need, rebug with the bd image mount. Id like to see an app for a cex machine without having to swap lv2 flashes to get to dex and use this, but heck, I need something to do monday befor cod vita comes out.

i’m ready for ps4! that will cause instantly a bigger price drop in ps3 hardware, and could let hackers be more “free” to release their work.. and, people like me who always played this game generation through x360, could finally enjoy a open and powerful ps3 reality without having any regret into buying a “true locked” machine

For those asking about flashers and 3.56+ cfw, here’s a sum up of the situation: you cannot install a cfw on anything higher than 3.56 without a hardware flasher, there is no software-only method to do this, but do not loose hope, at the rate this is going, we’ll most likely see a software solution soon.

Will this change much compared to before? It is good news for those who are on firmware 3.56 and have a flasher, but what about those console who came with OFW 3.60 or higher, even the ones that are not equipped with metldr2/lv0.2 (the PS3 3000-model)? Or was the 3000-model the first one to come with OFW 3.60 from factory?

“Sony has however been moving forward on sending out PS4 dev kits which isn’t too surprising considering how the PS3 hacking is irreversible and unpatchable. We might see the PS4 arrive even earlier.”

I dont think that the current PS3 hacking has affected the PS4 in any way to be honest. The people who are on firmware 3.55 or lower, and have a flasher, i’d guess that this number is maybe 0.5% of all PS3 owners, maybe even lower. And everyone of these wont necessarily do piracy either. That means that 99.5% or more of all PS3 owners are still on OFW.

This still does little for 3000 and 4000 series. If you are in the USA I would do some looking of craigs list. You can sometimes find people with older fats with 3.55 or below. I found one with 3.42 that some people bought as a BR player and never took online and barely used. Got it for $160. They are out there. Also many fats with bad BRD people took a nd put in the closet and never used again can be had for $100 or less. With new Rebug firmware you can emulate BDR on a memstick and run all games fromHD. There are solutions for those who dont have a flash able model!

buy a phat model ps3 then you can flash all the way you like. i flashed my ps3 5 times last week just to try out all the new cfws. I went back to using kmeaw 3.55 again though since it supports more homebrews.

I hope this isn’t the case if it causes the system to be underdeveloped./Underpowered.

The PS3/360 at the time of their released were based on mid-high to high end range GPUs from their respective series. By the time the PS4/720 come around i’m hoping that would mean they would end up with GPUs based on at least the GTX 670’ish (Any lower in this series and memory bandwidth is neutered) or 7950/7870 ish.

If they put the right hardware into it(And I don’t care if the system is bulky either. Imagine how much more powerful the Wii U could’ve been if it had been bigger. It’s smaller than an NES in it’s current state!) It could truly last a 10 year Life Cycle.

It would also be cool to see it strong enough where developers could display at 1080p but the game renders at a much higher resolution in reality. Like 1440P (Which is a 4X jump in resolution from 720p. Which 720p was ~3/4X Jump in resolution from PS2 games @ ~512X448/640×480. 1080p from 720p is only around a 2.2X jump in resolution. So that should give them overhead if they give the system the power it deserves)

I’m going to be getting my hands on a CECHA01 model PS3 from a friend through a trade, and its coming with OFW 3.70. Will I have to flash it to install CFW, or could I just install a higher grade CFW right from 3.70? Or should I just wait until there’s a way to install CFW without the use of a flasher. Not that I’m uncomfortable with hardmods but I’m a cheapskate and don’t want to spend too much lol.

Hey guys, hope you can answer a question for me. Will there be more cfws after 4.30 now that the keys are leaked? What i mean is has the ps3 been permanently hacked or not? Reason im asking is because im on 4.30 rogero and been playing bo2 online.

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